Medieval Music

An attempt to combine the French and Italian styles.

In _____________________ singing, the soloist sings a series of verses, each followed by a response from the choir.

Method of telling Biblical stories through the use of music.

T or F: Plainsong chant was polyphonic in content.

Meaning “new art”, a style originating in France in the Late Medieval Period.

Traveling poet musicians of the High Medieval Times who were often common men.

Ars Nova was a musical style originating where?

T or F: The Bubonic Plague killed between 30% and 60% of Europe’s population during the Late Medieval Period.

Before Guido of Arezzo devised modern notation, how was music read in early times?

Around what year did the Catholic Church begin to standardize the Mass?

Traveling poet musicians of the Early Medieval Times whose songs ranged from sacred to the profane.

T or F: Troubadours sang their songs of war and courtly love in Latin.

Multiple, interweaving melodies are played at once.

Widely regarded to be the first major female composer, Hildegard of Bingen was named Doctor of the Church in what year?

In _________________ singing, the verses are sung alternately by soloist and choir, or by choir and congregation.

T or F: The Notre Dame Cathedral was the center of composition in the High Medieval Period.

Along with the lute, this was a popular accompanying instrument in Medieval times.

The more southerly Troubadours sang their songs in an ancestor of what language?

T or F: It is generally agreed that the year 1500 marks the divide between the Medieval and Renaissance Periods.

Guillame de Machaut was a French composer, considered to be the foremost European composer of which Century?

Which form of plainsong chant was named for Pope Gregory after the Catholic Church began to reform music?

Primary composer of the Medieval Period; worked in the Notre Dame Cathedral.

_______________ consists of a solo performer or the choir performing alone.

Plainchant melody with at least one added voice for harmony.

T or F: The oldest surviving liturgical drama is the Winchester Troper.

Contains a single, melodic line; most chant was this style.

The Toledo Cathedral in what country has 170 volumes of plainsong chant?

The dominant Italian style of the Late Medieval Period.

Musical form that was highly diverse and an example of polyphony.

True or False: The Medieval Period can be divided into three sections: Early, High, and Late.

Traveling poet musicians of the High Medieval Times who were usually noblemen.